removing grease

Old Machinist

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Nothing I've found beats mineral spirits. WD40 is a close second.
 
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Dead Ash

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Yes I have the same situation, and shirts and jeans with round grease circles to prove it..haha

Because some of the grease is in-between the frame and joints or between the recessed zirc fitting and the pin body and is difficult to access, I have used a popsicle stick or piece of thin firewood splinters to try and scrape off the excess and use paper towels or disposable rags.

I like to use a piece of wood as opposed to a screw driver or putty knife so as to limit the chance of metal on metal scratching the paint.

I don't have a pressure washer but would be worried about forcing water into someplace where I don't want it to go.

Lots of good advice from the others.
 
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fried1765

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Yes I have the same situation, and shirts and jeans with round grease circles to prove it..haha

Because some of the grease is in-between the frame and joints or between the recessed zirc fitting and the pin body and is difficult to access, I have used a popsicle stick or piece of thin firewood splinters to try and scrape off the excess and use paper towels or disposable rags.

I like to use a piece of wood as opposed to a screw driver or putty knife so as to limit the chance of metal on metal scratching the paint.

I don't have a pressure washer but would be worried about forcing water into someplace where I don't want it to go.

Lots of good advice from the others.
"would be worried about forcing water into someplace where I don't want it to go".
Does it never rain in Ohio?
 

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I'm in the WD-40 camp as well. It works great.

Get a gallon and some blue shop towels and have at it.